Creamy Homemade Alfredo Sauce Recipes

There's nothing better than a fresh, homemade alfredo sauce served with perfectly cooked aldente pasta

This creamy Italian sauce has some great variations so you can mix and match different options to suit your tastes and your preferences.

While it's possible to buy Alfredo sauce in bottles at the supermarket, it never tastes the same. Often filled with salt and preservatives, it's a poor imitation of good homemade Alfredo sauce.

The original base Alfredo sauce recipe is remarkably simple to make. Always have your pasta boiling while you make the sauce. When the sauce is done, toss in some fettucine or even a filled tortellini or ravioli and you'll be enjoying your homemade pasta Alfredo in less than 10 minutes.

Cooking Your Pasta

Homemade pasta is fresh, it tastes great and really doesn't take long to make. Cook fresh pasta in plenty of boiling water, a pinch of salt and a dash of olive oil for three or four minutes until cooked through. Try our homemade pasta recipe

If you buy dry pasta, then boil your water and add a pinch of salt and a dash of oil and cook pasta for 7-8 minutes or until it's cooked. Taste test your pasta to be sure it's not crunchy, but also be careful not to over cook it or it will be mushy.

The Base Homemade Alfredo Sauce recipe

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup heavy cream (or thickened cream)
• 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 1 crushed garlic clove (or 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic)
• Salt and pepper

In a frying pan, melt the butter over a low heat. Add garlic and saute lightly. Remove from the heat and add cream, parmesan, and salt and pepper to taste. Put the pan back over the heat and stir sauce until it becomes smooth.

It's important not to allow the cream to boil. When your sauce is smooth, add your pasta and toss through the sauce.

Try adding a little shaved parmesan and chopped parsely, then serve your pasta with homemade Alfredo sauce immediately.

Homemade Mushroom Alfredo Sauce

• 1 pint cream
• 1/2 oz butter
• 1/2 oz plain flour
• 1 crushed garlic clove (or 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1 cup sliced button mushrooms
• Salt and white pepper to taste

In a small pan, melt butter. When it's melted, add flour and mix together to form a paste. In a frying pan lightly saute the garlic and mushrooms over a low heat. Add the cream and heat gently.

Don't allow the cream to boil. Add white pepper and salt to taste and then add the flour and butter mixture into the cream. This will help to thicken the sauce. Add peas and then toss through the pasta.

Serve this homemade Alfredo sauce immediately with shaved parmesan and chopped parsley.

Homemade Bacon Alfredo Sauce

• 2 rashers bacon
• 1 pint cream
• 1/2 oz butter
• 1/2 oz plain flour
• 1 crushed garlic clove (or 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• Salt and white pepper.

In a small pan, melt the butter. When it's melted, add flour and mix together to form a paste. Cut 2 bacon rashers into strips or small pieces. In a frying pan lightly sauté the garlic and bacon over a low heat. Add the cream and heat gently.

Don't allow the cream to boil. Add white pepper and salt to taste and then add the flour and butter mixture into the cream. This will help to thicken the sauce. Toss through the pasta.

Serve immediately with shaved parmesan.

Homemade Chicken Alfredo Sauce

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 pint cream
• 1/2 oz butter
• 1/2 oz plain flour
• 1 crushed garlic clove (or 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• Salt and white pepper.

In a small pan, melt the butter. When it's melted, add flour and mix together to form a paste. Cook chicken breast until lightly browned. Cut the chicken into small pieces or cubes. Lightly sauté the garlic in a frying pan over low heat. Add the cream and heat gently.

Don't allow the cream to boil. Add chicken pieces, white pepper and salt to taste and then add the flour and butter mixture into the cream. This will help to thicken the sauce. Toss through the pasta.

Serve immediately with shaved parmesan and chopped parsley.

Homemade Florentine Alfredo Sauce

• 1 1/2 cups of finely chopped cooked spinach (fresh or frozen is fine)
• 1 pint cream
• 1/2 oz butter
• 1/2 oz plain flour
• 1 crushed garlic clove (or 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• Salt and white pepper

In a small pan, melt the butter. When it's melted, add flour and mix together to form a paste. Boil spinach if you have fresh leaves or thaw frozen spinach and drain well. In a frying pan, lightly sauté the garlic over a low heat. Add the cream and heat gently.

Don't allow the cream to boil. Add drained spinach, white pepper and salt to taste and then add the flour and butter mixture into the cream. This will help to thicken the sauce. Toss through the pasta.

Serve immediately with shaved parmesan and chopped parsley.



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